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Karl Frierson was born in Florence, South Carolina, and at a early age his talents in music and theatre were recognized and supported. At the age of 9, a chance meeting with his fellow statesman Dizzy Gillespie, inspired Karl to decide to follow his dream in becoming an international entertainer. Karl was a part of many magnet programs in the US for the musically gifted and talented, one of which, involved faculty members of the University of South Carolina. In 1983, Karl became the youngest choral student in his high school to achieve the honor of Honors All-State Chorus. In...

Karl Jenkins (b. 17 february 1944) is a Welsh musician and composer Jenkins was born in Penclawdd, Gower, Wales. After attending the University of Wales, Cardiff, he began postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London. It was in jazz that he initially made his mark. In the days of Jazz Polls he was a prolific poll winner, playing at Ronnie Scott’s club before co-forming Nucleus, which won first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival. This was followed by a period with Soft Machine. Defying categorisation, the Softs played venues as diverse as the Proms, Carnegie Hall, and the...

Karl Gerhard was born the 12th of April 1891, and was baptized in the name of Karl Emil Georg Johnson. He later changed it to Karl Emil Gerhard Johnson and used Gerhard Johnson as a form of artistic name. A few years later, by proposistion of a fellow artist, he started to use Karl-Gerhard, and a few years from that he wrote to the King of Sweden to get permission to make Gerhard his surname. The permission was granted, and Karl Gerhard wore his new name until his death, the 22nd of April, 1964. Gerhard was in first hand a...